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Less than half a century before the conquistadors landed, the
Inca, after a bitter struggle, conquered the Cañari and
occupied Guapondeleg and the surrounding area. Though the Inca replaced the Cañari
architecture with their own, they did not exclude the Cañari
or their impressive achievements in astronomy and agriculture.
These, as was customary for the Inca, they absorbed into their
culture. Shortly after the defeat of the Cañari, the
Inca commander, Tupac Yupanqui, ordered the construction of a
grand city - Pumapungo, "the door of the Puma" - whose
magnificence was to challenge that of the Inca capital of
Cuzco.
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